- Kirk and the gang assess; he and Dr. Marcus hash out their past, including the uncomfortable fact that David is Kirk's son and doesn't know it.
- Kirk feels old. Dr. Marcus shows him the rest of the Genesis cave—which bears a suspicious resemblance to the Garden of Eden—and everybody chills out over a delicious meal of fruit.
- Two hours after beaming down, Kirk signals Spock; they're ready to beam them all up.
- Turns out that whole wink-wink nonsense was actually code: Spock said days when he meant hours, and Khan, secretly listening, thought the Enterprise was far more damaged than it was.