At the school sports festival, Kyon notices Haruhi unconsciously influencing the results of the competitions and wonders how far she'll go to win.; While Haruhi micro-manages the S.O.S. Brigade's summer vacation, Mikuru discovers that her link to the future has been severed by some unknown event.; Haruhi begins filming her science fiction/fantasy opus on the fly without bothering with nuisances like a script.; Haruhi decides to make a film as the group's contribution to the school cultural festival. The club's first task is to raise enough money to fund it.; Koizumi discovers that Haruhi has unintentionally place them all in a time loop and unless it's broken they will all relive the same thirty days in August forever.; An examination of the S.O.S. Brigade from the perspective of a stray cat and a dragonfly.