- Chekov picks up a message from Starfleet to the Grissom, warning the science vessel about the Enterprise. There is no response.
- Kirk wonders what the Grissom is playing at and decides to break silence and send Captain Esteban his compliments.
- Kirk asks McCoy how he is doing. McCoy says they're doing fine, but he'd have felt better giving him a kidney.
- Chekov receives no response from the Grissom.