The original Star Trek often dealt in serious situations that were also amusing. The encounter with the Space Brat and Tribbles, among others. In this one, T'Pol is the only one conscious on the Enterprise. She is doing a ship's log report as if she and the crew may be doomed. In flashback, the crew is on its way to get some pictures and do some research on a black hole. Unfortunately, a form is space sickness occurs as the crew begins to obsess on trivial things to a dangerous degree. Reed becomes a militant nut. Tripp needs to fix the Captain's chair, and goes beyond the bounds of a simple task. The Captain is writing a one page preface to a book about his father (which reaches 16 pages). And Phlox almost performs a lobotomy on Mayweather. T'Pol has to find a way to counteract this or everyone is doomed. There was a nice pacing and a sort of fun element to this as horrors begin to present themselves.