Badly damaged after the Xindi attack, Enterprise steals a warp coil from an alien ship to stay in the race to save Earth.
After the Xindi attack, the Aquatics return Archer to Enterprise in an escape pod. He finds the ship crippled, with many crew dead and the warp drive unusable. Sato finds a hidden message from Degra proposing a rendezvous within days.
Unable to reach it at impulse, Archer asks a damaged Illyrian ship for its warp coil, and when its captain refuses, he attacks and takes it, leaving the Illyrians years from home. T'Pol is angered by the theft, and she finally admits to Phlox that she has been secretly addicted to trellium-D, which has been releasing her emotions. The episode was directed by James L. Conway and written by Phyllis Strong.