Ep. 3: Haruhi menjebak kelompok dalam loop tak berujung selama dua minggu terakhir bulan Agustus.

Somehow summer vacation has repeated like the previous episode. As Kyon is wracked by a sense of déjà vu, Itsuki is likewise troubled, while Yuki seems even more detached than usual. They finally figure out that Haruhi has put the last two weeks of August into an infinite loop because she refuses to let summer end. They find out that the loop has repeated 15,498 times with slight variations, but none of them can devise anything to stop the cycle from repeating. Upon their last meeting in a restaurant on last day, Kyon calls out after Haruhi in a last-ditch attempt to stop her from leaving, but fails to think of anything he can do, and she leaves. As the last day of vacation arrives, Kyon, resigned to the loop repeating itself, goes to bed without finishing his summer homework. (Source: Wikipedia)
Episode
- Ep. 1 · Kyon dan Mikuru melakukan perjalanan kembali ke Tanabata tiga tahun sebelumnya untuk membantu Haruhi
- Ep. 2 · Haruhi memaksa Brigade SOS menjalani daftar aktivitas musim panas yang melelahkan selama dua minggu.
- Ep. 3 · Haruhi menjebak kelompok dalam loop tak berujung selama dua minggu terakhir bulan Agustus.
- Ep. 4 · Brigade mengalami loop identik lainnya dengan perubahan kecil dan pakaian baru.
- Ep. 5 · Siklus waktu berulang untuk ke-15,513 kalinya saat Kyon merasakan kedekatan yang lebih dalam dengan peristiwa yang berulang.
- Ep. 6 · Siklus waktu berulang untuk ke-15.521 kalinya saat Haruhi membubarkan kegiatan kelompok
- Ep. 7 · Siklus waktu berulang untuk ke-15,524 kalinya saat Kyon mengamati Yuki