When a woman wakes up in the middle of the night and discovers her boyfriend has been stabbed to death next to her. Moser calls in a doctor who determines that the woman has been hypnotised which is why she doesn't know what happened.

A stage production of 'Romeo and Juliet' goes horribly wrong when one of the stage pillars falls and kills poor Romeo. Moser and Rex start their investigation, but it is hindered as the actors in the play refuse to say what really happen.