Simmons has completely fallen out of favor with Sarge, and in fact is now forced to stand at least 200 yards away from the rest of the Reds. As a result, Sarge begins to hold a competition to determine who will be his new right-hand man. Grif is automatically disqualified for being Grif, which puts the competition down to Donut, a wrench, and an inanimate skull found nearby. Simmons laments the ruination of his life, and concedes to himself that maybe he did imagine seeing the tank. Sheila's voice is suddenly heard right behind him, begging to differ. Meanwhile, back at Zanzibar, the Blues are startled to discover that Caboose has actually managed to tame the blue alien, thanks to his pure heart (or, more likely, the alien found him unpalatable, and no longer wants to eat him or anything that looks like him). The Blues trade insults with the alien while trying to understand its language, which seems to consist entirely of *blarg* and *honk*.