The crews of a Navy ship, who have abandoned their boat in a life raft, were rescued 18 hours later. But all of these sailors appear to have aged many decades in the course of days. Mulder suggests that the ship is caught in a time field which is speeding up their aging.

Ignorance and fear lead to disaster for an air taxi company. A moral argument causes a family rift, and a body found in a skip gives the staff a few surprises.