what is happening at the end of Act II and what happens at the beginning of Act III.

No. 8 calls No. 3 a beast who disgusts him. No. 3 lunges at No. 8, but is held by two other jurors. He says, "Let me go! I'll kill him! I'll kill him!" No. 8 seizes the opportunity to correct No. 3's previous argument by asking whether he really means that.

The jurors take another vote. It is now 6-6. No. 3 thinks they should adjourn and declare a hung jury. No. 4 directly asks the most recent three converts why they changed their votes. He tells them they could be turning a murderer loose. No. 3 declares that he will never change his vote. No. 8 points out that when they began he stood alone, now he has five other jurors supporting him. They vote on whether they are a hung jury and the outcome is no. They continue to deliberate.