- The USS Grissom arrives to begin studying the planet. Dr. David Marcus and Lieutenant Saavik begin scanning and find it has deserts, sub tropics, and snowlands within walking distance of each other.
- So…David's created a to-scale world map from the Super Mario games?
- They also scan an unidentifiable lifeform that shouldn't be there—located at Mr. Spock's burial tube.
- Unable to beam it up, David and Saavik convince Captain Esteban they should beam down there.