This episode breaks the entire plot of the whole series. The Mcguffin that they are out of control and moving thru space in a trajectory they can't control marooning them for eight years is broken, when they encounter a space station, that they miraculously come to a stop at to dock. If they can do that, they don't have to be on an uncontrolled eight year route back to earth. So from this point on, the crew, residents being stranded in a runaway space trek, is just a made up plot point that doesn't actually take into account this episode, meanwhile a repair shuttle from earth docks,mod camera, once again highlighting their ability to match velocities and effect a change of course.