 A circus comes to town, and The Monkees visit the big top, only to soon discover that this particular circus is suffering from declining attendance, a situation embittered performers, who have not been paid for some time, blame on rock & roll discotheques - an enmity personified when Victor, the circus  ace knife thrower, attacks Davy via perfectly aimed throws within inches of Davy s face and threatens to call the police. Susan, one of the performers, befriends the Monkees but is distraught when Victor delivers a written ultimatum to Pop, the circus  head master. The Monkees then pose as aerial performers from France who wish to perform in the circus, and this wins the confidence of Victor and other performers - but backfires on The Monkees when they are expected to actually perform the dangerous aerial tasks required. Forced to confess that they are in fact rock & roll singers, The Monkees are caustically shamed into leaving by the enraged Victor and the other performers, leaving Susan in tears, but Davy insists on doing something to help the circus, and The Monkees unexpectedly succeed in winning back the confidence of the other performers - except for Victor, who refuses to perform. This leads to Davy taking his place as knife thrower, but to Victor s horror the lives of Susan and Peter are threatened when Davy s errant throws nearly stab both of them before a sold-out circus audience......