Bridge. T'Pevil slinks out of the captain's chair and says they're nearing their target. Reedvil reads one Tholian biosign on board. The other ship sees them. "He's arming weapons," Reedvil sneers. Evil Leaper orders the ship disabled and wants the pilot left uninjured. Reedvil takes care of it. The Tholian tries to sabotage his own ship. They beam the Tholian into Decon and the Tholian ship explodes. T'Pevil confirms that they have the pilot.

Sickbay. Evil Leaper interrupts Phlevil's dissection of yet another creature to tell him to modify Decon to keep the Tholian alive. Phlevil is on it, commenting that Tholians have complicated life support needs. He increases the Decon temperature to four hundred eighty Kelvin (that's a little over four hundred degrees Fahrenheit) and the yet-unseen captured Tholian screeches and chitters in response. "If you're angry now, just wait," Phlevil smiles us evilly into commercial.