 Enterprise is on its way to investigate a black hole in a trinary star system. Since the system is only reachable by impulse engine, the crew suddenly has time for less important matters. Captain Archer starts working on a preface of a book about his father and orders Trip to fix his chair. Hoshi takes over the mess hall as chef is sick. Malcolm starts working on a new security protocol. But T Pol notices that the crew s behavior is becoming erratic. They seem to be fixed only on the thing they re doing right now and nothing may interfere. Hoshi wants to get a recipe right, Phlox tries to extract a piece of Mayweather s brain after he complained on a mild headache and Archer even yells at his dog while trying to write the preface. Then all the crew pass out and T Pol must save the ship.